Based on my experience, what you describe is extremely rare (although it
does happen). If you've had it happen before (which it sounds like it has),
part of the problem might be some aspect of your TBL implementation. Before
I would offer a recommendation, I'd like to know several things that might
explain the outcome:
1) How were the RATs conducted (iRAT in-class? Did you use IF-ATs? What
were the average iRAT and tRAT scores? What was the pattern of scores
within this specific team? How much did the iRAT and tRAT scores "count"?
2) What did other team members' reasons for giving her a lower grade?
3) What was the pattern of scores within the team?
4) How much did the peer evaluation affect the grade?
5) Did members' final exam scores affect other team members?
Larry
On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 3:48 AM, J.Aires de Sousa <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Dear TBLers
>
> I'm using TBL in a large course of General Chemistry (1st year
> undergraduate students of Engineering) with 450 students in classes of ca
> 80 students.
>
> I have a problem with the peer evaluation in one team, and I'd like to get
> suggestions before I make a decision.
>
> This is a team of 6 members in which one of the students contributed
> mostly(apparently to me). This conclusion is confirmed by the marks
> obtained in the final exams (she scored 4 points above the other team
> members in a 0-20 scale). Peer evaluation was performed before the scores
> of the final exams were known. Students distributed the 100 points by the
> other team members and submitted the evaluations directly to me. Only the
> final sums were released. Probably due to conflicts within the team, this
> student ended up with 98 points and two of the others got above 110. She is
> complaining the evaluation was clearly unfair, and I'm inclined to agree.
>
> I'm considering several options:
>
> - Do nothing
> - Ask the team if everyone feels comfortable with the final sums and, if
> not, repeat the evaluation
> - Repeat the evaluation, this time openly
>
> I'm sure this should happen frequently in TBL. I had a similar problem
> before, but more evident, with a rather small team (4 members). At that
> time I "vetoed" the result and repeated the evaluation.
>
> It would be great if someone could help.
>
> Thanks,
> Joao
>
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> Joao Aires de Sousa
> Departamento de Quimica, Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia,
> Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
> Tel: (+351) 21 2948300 x 10907 Fax: (+351) 21 2948550
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> www: http://joao.airesdesousa.com
>
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